RECOGNIZING the desirability of determining by agreement uniform international rules regarding sal­vage operations,

NOTING that substantial developments, in particu­lar the increased concern for the protection of the environment, have demonstrated the need to review the international rules presently contained in the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Assistance and Salvage at Sea, done at Brussels, 23 September 1910,

CONSCIOUS of the major contribution which effi­cient and timely salvage operations can make to the safety of vessels and other property tn danger and to the protection of the environment,

CONVINCED of the need to ensure that adequate incentives are available to persons who undertake salvage operations in respect of vessels and .other property in danger,

HAVE AGREED as follows:

CHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article I Definitions

For the purpose of this Convention:

(a) Salvage operation means any act or activity undertaken to assist a vessel or any other property in danger in navigable waters or in any other waters whatsoever.

(b) Vessel means any ship or craft or any structure capable of navigation.

(c) Property means any property not permanently and intentionally attached to the shoreline and in­cludes freight at risk.

(d) Damage to the environment means substantial physical damage to human health or to marine life or resources in coastal or inland waters or areas adjacent thereto, caused by pollution, contamination, fire, explosion or similar major incidents.

(e) Payment means any reward, remuneration or compensation due under this Convention.

(f) Organization means the International Maritime Organization.

(g) Secretary-General means the Secretary-General of the Organization.

Article 2 Application of the Convention

This Convention shall apply whenever judicial or arbitral proceedings relating to matters dealt with in this Convention are brought in a State Party.

Illlllllllllllll NEWLINENEWLINE 953 NEWLINENEWLINE ΕΦΗΜΕΡΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΕΩΣ NEWLINENEWLINE ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑΣ NEWLINENEWLINE ΤΕΥΧΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟ NEWLINENEWLINE Αρ. Φύλλου NEWLINENEWLINE 55 NEWLINENEWLINE 21 Μαρτίου 1996 NEWLINENEWLINE ΠΕ NEWLINENEWLINE ΡΙΕΧΟΜΕ NEWLINENEWLINE ΝΑ NEWLINENEWLINE ΝΟΜΟΣ ΥΠ' ΑΡΙΘ. 2391 NEWLINENEWLINE Κύρωση της Διεθνούς Σύμβασης για την επιθαλόσσια αρωγή, 1989. NEWLINENEWLINE Ο ΠΡΟΕΔΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑΣ NEWLINENEWLINE Εκδίδομε τον ακόλουθο νόμο που ψήφιοε η Βουλή: NEWLINENEWLINE Άρθρο πρώτο NEWLINENEWLINE Κυρώνεται και έχει την ισχύ, που ορίζει το άρθρο 28 παρ 1 του Συντάγματος, η Διεθνής Σύμβαση για την επιθαλάοοια αρωγή, 1989, που υπογράφηκε στο Λονδίνο στις 28 Απριλίου 1989, καθώς και οι συνημμένες στη Σύμβαση δυο ερμηνευτικέςNEWLINENEWLINE δηλώσεις, το κείμενο των οποίων σε πρωτότυπο στην αγγλική γλώσσα και σε μετάφραση στην ελληνική έχει ως εξής: NEWLINENEWLINE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON SALVAGE, 1989 NEWLINENEWLINE THE STATES PARTIES TO THE PRESENT NEWLINENEWLINE , CONVENTION, NEWLINENEWLINE RECOGNIZING the desirability of determining by agreement uniform international rules regarding sal­vage operations, NEWLINENEWLINE NOTING that substantial developments, in particu­lar the increased concern for the protection of the environment, have demonstrated the need to review the international rules presently contained in the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Assistance and Salvage at Sea, done at Brussels, 23 September 1910, NEWLINENEWLINE CONSCIOUS of the major contribution which effi­cient and timely salvage operations can make to the safety of vessels and other property tn danger and to the protection of the environment, NEWLINENEWLINE CONVINCED of the need to ensure that adequate incentives are available to persons who undertake salvage operations in respect of vessels and .other property in danger, NEWLINENEWLINE HAVE AGREED as follows: NEWLINENEWLINE CHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS NEWLINENEWLINE Article I Definitions NEWLINENEWLINE For the purpose of this Convention: NEWLINENEWLINE (a)NEWLINENEWLINESalvage operation means any act or activity undertaken to assist a vessel or any other property in danger in navigable waters or in any other waters whatsoever. NEWLINENEWLINE (b)NEWLINENEWLINEVessel means any ship or craft or any structure capable of navigation. NEWLINENEWLINE (c)NEWLINENEWLINEProperty means any property not permanently and intentionally attached to the shoreline and in­cludes freight at risk. NEWLINENEWLINE (d)NEWLINENEWLINEDamage to the environment means substantial physical damage to human health or to marine life or resources in coastal or inland waters or areas adjacent thereto, caused by pollution, contamination, fire, explosion or similar major incidents. NEWLINENEWLINE (e)NEWLINENEWLINEPayment means any reward, remuneration or compensation due under this Convention. NEWLINENEWLINE (f)NEWLINENEWLINEOrganization means the International Maritime Organization. NEWLINENEWLINE (g)NEWLINENEWLINESecretary-General means the Secretary-General of the Organization. NEWLINENEWLINE Article 2 Application of the Convention NEWLINENEWLINE This Convention shall apply whenever judicial or arbitral proceedings relating to matters dealt with in this Convention are brought in a State Party. NEWLINENEWLINE